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J. L. PERKlNS METHOD OF MAKING DECORKTED CREPE FAPER Filed Dec.

I N VEN TOR.

' ATTORNEYS.

I Patented Dec. 22, 1925.

, To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, J GEN L. PERKINs, acitizen of the United tates, residing at 150. .Lin'colnStree't, Holyo e, in the county of. Hampden'and' State of Massachusetts, have f UNITED STATES ATENT/OF JOHN L. rnnxms, or HOLYQKE, MASSACHUSETTS,- nss'ronon r Aimmonn rrssun Inns, OIHOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, vn coaronnrronor mssncnusn'rrs.

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- Application filed-December 30,1924; 'Scrial No. 758,931.

invented-new and useful Improvements in Methods of Making Decorated Crepe "Paper,

' of which the following is aspecification."

Thi'siinvention' relates to improvements in .materials and more particularly to a method 'ofproducing ornamented crepe papen I According'to one process now commonly employed-,- tissue paper is crpedand thenprinted, while-according to vanother process the paper'iscrped during-its manufacture 'while .wet and subsequently decorated by printing-yer embossing. These -howeyer, jare objectionable and 0 er disad rocesses,

vantages for the following reasons. The;

pap'ergnecessarily is subjected to rehandling ,which, entails a considerable unnecessary f 1 manufacturing expense., The" dGSlglL apfpliedito the previously cr'ped paper, whether 'y printing, embossing or'the like, by reason ofthe pressure employed inapplying ,with the general uneven and velvety .of the surface of the 'crped paper. Another'feature oftheinvention enables' the designs crushes the ridges of the crping,

and impairs the "velvety crped effect of the paper. The. design ,is not applied to the crevices between the upstanding ridges and when the paper is stretched as it is in use,

the effect of the jdesignis estroyed. Further, the design which, of course, is more or less regular in its j appearance not sufficiently unevenor irregular to coincide with the uneven velvety appearance ofthe pa er,

orinother words, the. velvety uneven-e eot oftthe surface is destroyed by being impressed with'a design that is not in accord therewith.

According to one novel feature ofmy in-' vention, I provide a method of producing ornamented crepe paper bydecorating the paper with a design prior .tothecrping operation, whereby the design is varied by the upstanding ridges and depressed creases of the crping' in such a manner; that. the finally crped paper carries an ornamentation that,

is rregular in appearance and ,in accord tion may appear in the crevices between the ridges, whereby the design will not be-deeffect me to decorate the paper so that the decora- I is likely to impair. the velvety creped" surface.

According to-a furthernovel feature of the invention I arr-an ed the successive steps of my improved met od in such a manner that a continuously moving web 'of' paper I 'may be processed by successively ornament-- the method of producing ornamented crepe ing' and c'rping the 'web to-thereby eliminate the rehandling now necessary. l

Other novel features and advantages will shown in the drawings although-it will. be

understood that any suitable form of apparatus may be employed that is adapted-to perform the various steps forming the [method of my invention.

In-thedrawings;

tional view showing one form of apparatus adapted for the practice of my invention;

.Figs. 2 and'3 are lan views of a portion 1 owingthe appearance of a web of paper s of the design beforeand after the paper has beencrpe. The apparatus scribed. Q-

A'W'eb'of paper W is led from asupply r1011 S to a pair of drums 1 and 2, theupper shown will I, i now be de- Fig. 1 is adiagrammatic elevational secdrum l'of which pair may be an offset roll,

to carry a design upon its surface, and'may contact with a train of, rollers 3, one of which has its surface in contact with a coloring liquid such as ink of, a font 4. The color of theink or coloring material may, of course, be as desiredxto contrast; with the color of the paper web and to thereby decorate the said web.. The mechanism illu'sf trated is intended merely to show one form of an apparatus that may be employed to imi part a designto the traveling uncreped pa- 7 per web as the web passes between the rolls miiiitake the form'ofa printand obviously ingjpzessor the e.

to the under side a: a ro1lthat is rotatable design that Ihave'selected for de-' scriptive purposes is represented in Fig. 2

, above a tank in such a manner that its surface will direct and contact the decorated ,paper web'with a liquid contained in the to function as required, and may,in addition to its ability to condition the paper, also carrya color for tinting, or shading the web, should it be desirable to change or 'vary the "color of the web after it has been decorated with the design.

From the tank the paper web is led onto a traveling endless belt structure 7 that supports the moistened paper web and delivers I it onto-the face of a drum 8 which has a crping 'doctor or plate in scraping contact therewith. The crping doctor functions in the usual. manner to remove the moistened paper from the drum and crinkles it to give it the creped efi'ect desired. Other forms ofcrping or crinkling apparatus may be employed, such as coacting corrugated rolls or the like, the apparatus shown being merely intended to disclose a suitable means for crping the decorated and moistened paper 20 that it has the desired velvety uneven surace.

From the crping mechanism, the decorated and crped'paper is led onto a drying drum 11 of a drier, which, as is well known,

- may be internally heated for drying the web.

The drier may consist of a plurality of drums, the desirability of which will be determined by those practicing the invention.

From the drier the paper is led onto and reeled by a take-up, and although not shown it may comprise the ordinary and usual style of take-up such as is used in paper manufacturing plants. I

Each of the unitsjof' the apparatus may be driven from suitable sources of power and at such relative speeds as may be desired so that the successive steps in the method are properly inter-related to produce the results desired.

The paper web by being thus decorated signature.

priortothe crpin thereof. renders it possible to, apply the esign-so that it appears in the crevices between the ridges, and also the velvety effect of the "crepingzis not 1m.-

paired as there is no pressure applied to the paper after it has been crped.

Furthermore, any well defined design that may be applied to the ,uncrped paper 'is varied by ,the creping thereof so that the design is then somewhat irregular and therefore coincides with the uneven velvety appearance of the paper itself.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that it is possible to produce crepe papers that carry variousornamentationby applying various designs to the uncrped paper. Also it will be observed that by the employment of my improved process that it is possible to produce a large volume of paper at a low cost since the successive steps in the process are arranged so that a continuous web of paper'is treated.

I am aware that various forms of apparatus may be employed for the practice of my invention and I therefore prefer to be limited by the following claims rather than the foregoing description.

What I claim is:

1. The method of producing ornamented crepe paper'which consists, in decorating-uncrped paper with a design and thereafter crpingthe decorated paper to vary the design. a

2. The method of producing ornamented crepe paper web which consists, in decorating a continuous web ofpaper with a design, inmoistening the decorated web to .condition it'for the 'crping operation and thereafter iniprpi'ng the conditioned and decorated we 3. The method of producing ornamented crepe paper web which consists, in leadingthe web onto an offset roll and printing therefrom a design on said web, in treating the web with liquid-for conditioning it for the crping operation, and finally leading the paper web over a drum" and removing it therefrom by a scraper to crepe the said web to vary the'desig'n carried thereby.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my 7 JOHN L. PERKINS. 

